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Direct Link to Full 44-Page 2013 Report:

http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/cross_cutting_report_2_women_peace_security_2013.pdf

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This United Nations Security Council Report analyses statistical information on women, peace and security in country-specific decisions of the Security Council with a particular focus in the case study on the nexus between sexual violence in conflict and sanctions imposed by the Security Council.

The overarching observation of the report is that there has been significant pushback on women, peace and security issues. However, this dynamic has largely been played out in difficult negotiations at the thematic level rather than in any particular rollback in country-specific decisions of the Council. The report also demonstrates that the Council has created several tools with considerable potential of having an impact on women, peace and security issues on the ground.

The authors stress that It has not, however, applied these tools consistently or, in some cases, at all. It also seems as if the Council’s focus on the broad women, peace and security agenda is uneven.

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